#lanrebakare — Public Fediverse posts

Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday – podcast
By Presented by Helen Pidd and Lanre Bakare, with Eli Block, Alex Atack, Nilufer Aumeerally and Brian McNamara; executive producer is Homa Khaleeli

When the University of Cambridge appoints a new professor, it doesn’t usually make global headlines. But Jason Arday was different. He was just 37 in 2023 when he became Cambridge’s youngest black professor, specialising in the sociology of race and education. The achievement seemed all the more remarkable because of his incredible backstory.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/aug/12/plagiarism-and-a-pigs-head-the-rise-and-fall-of-jason-arday-full-story-podcast-ntwnfb

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Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday – podcast
By Presented by Helen Pidd and Lanre Bakare, with Eli Block, Alex Atack, Nilufer Aumeerally and Brian McNamara; executive producer Homa Khaleeli

Jason Arday’s appointment as Cambridge’s youngest black professor made global headlines. Then questions about his meteoric rise began to snowball. Lanre Bakare reports.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/aug/07/plagiarism-and-a-pigs-head-the-rise-and-fall-of-jason-arday-podcast

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Jason Arday claimed he was paid ‘1.4 million’ for memoir from publisher
By Ella Creamer and Lanre Bakare

Academic who resigned as a Cambridge professor on Wednesday did not specify if amount from Simon & Schuster was in pounds or US dollars

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/06/jason-arday-claim-memoir-publisher-simon-and-schuster-cambridge

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Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor
By Lanre Bakare

Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism

https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/aug/01/playbooks-plagiarism-pigs-head-new-claims-surrounding-cambridge-professor-jason-arday

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Painting a new pantheon: portrait series honours Black radicals
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/01/painting-a-new-pantheon-portrait-series-honours-black-radicals?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The radicals
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/31/the-radicals?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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A tale of two cities: the struggle for a Black history of Manchester
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/31/a-tale-of-two-cities-the-struggle-for-a-black-history-of-manchester?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Tyee: ‘Guilty as Skin’ (in Culture) https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/15/Guilty-As-Skin-Exhibit/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BlackFilmCenter&Archive #GalleryatQueen'sPark #GuiltyasSkinexhibit #Afro-Surrealism #DanielGlover #TerriFrancis #CrystalNoir #GetOutmovie #JordanPeele #LanreBakare